Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish ·tabair, prototonic form of do·beir.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠuːɾʲ/
  • (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈt̪ˠoːɾʲ/
  • Note: The phrase tabhair dhom (give me, gimme) is pronounced /ˈt̪ˠɔɾˠəmˠ/ in rapid speech.

Verb edit

tabhair (present analytic tugann, future analytic tabharfaidh, verbal noun tabhairt, past participle tugtha) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. give
  2. bring

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tabhair thabhair dtabhair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “do·beir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading edit

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish ·tabair, prototonic form of do·beir.[1]

Verb edit

tabhair (past thug, future bheir, verbal noun toirt, past participle tugta)

  1. give, bestow, grant

Usage notes edit

  • tabhair and thoir are interchangeable.

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
tabhair thabhair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “do·beir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading edit

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “tabhair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC